Hog catching and lifting machine



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0., GATES. HUG GATOHING AND LIFTING MACHINE.

No. '572,792.. 'Patented :Deo. 8," 1896.

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oLUs GATES, or EsrnEEvILLE, IowA HOG CATCHING AND LIFTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,792, dated December8, 1896.

' Application filed May 2, 1896; Serial No.f590,001. (No model.)

' ville, in the count)7 of Emmet and. State of Iowa, have invented anImproved Hog Catching and Lifting Machine, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in hog catching and liftingmachines, the object of the same being to provide a device forfacilitating the work of spaying, labeling the ears of hogs, &c. Y

With these objects in view the invention consists of the combination andarrangement which will more fully appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application,Figure l is a side elevation thereof, showing in dotted lines the mannerof raising the combined operating-table and holding device. Eig. 2 is aperspective of the device with the hog in position for operating. Fig. 3represents an elevation of the device set ready for the capture of thehog.

Like numerals or letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inthe several views.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the device has aframework consisting of parallel beams 2 and 3, which are securedtogether by the longitudinal bars 5 and 6. The said bars 5 and 6 areplaced at suitable distances apart and have pivot-pins 7 rigidlyattached thereto. Supports a and b are journaled at their bottom ends tothe said pivotpins. The operating-table and catching and holding deviceconsists of a framework composed of beam C, having the upright D at oneend, and a groove e, which is formed by the flange d in conjunction withthe strip f. At the other end of the beam C are situated parallelstandards h, the said standards being slightly curved at their upperends.

A shaft or rod 'L' extends from the standard D to the parallel standardsh, the purpose of which will be shown hereinafter. Parallel bars orstandards G, similar to standards h, are arranged to slide in the groovee at the bottom and at the top on the rod i about midway of its length.The said parallel rods or standards D and h serve as means for holdingthe mechanism used for securing the hogs in position on theoperating-table. The said holding mechanism consists of arms l, whichare pivoted to the shafts 8, the said arms being slightly curved and,converging, form a single bar fm, which after extending a short distanceturns at right angles, the ends thereof being bifurcated, as at n.Pivoted to the bifurcated ends n are strips o, which are pivoted attheir upper ends, and curved strips S, which are pivoted to the leversO, which are journaled on the shafts 'L'. Slots are situated in the armsl, in which play the pins 11, said pins being situated in the levers O,the object thereof being to limit the action of the levers O. A leverlo, together with catch or pawl g of the ordinary construction, ispivoted near the ends of the levers O, the said pawls thereof engagingwith the toothed segments fr, situated on the ends of the curved stripsS. Extending downward from the beam C are balls t, which fit into thesockets c2 and b2, thus forming a combination hinge which will allow thetable to be moved up or down or tilted over for use in operating.

A lever R is attached to the support b, by means of which theoperating-table is raised or lowered at pleasure. To the ends of theframe 2 and 3 are uprights W', which support the curved side V, whichforms part of the chute. l

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters l. In a hog catching and lifting machine, thecombination of a ground-frame, pivot-pins rigidly attached to cross-barsof said groundframe, supports, c and b, journaled to said pivot-pins,sockets situated in the upper ends of said supports, an operating-frame,said operating-frame hinged in said sockets, and the parallel standards,h and G, containing the holding mechanism, the holding mechanism, thesaid holding mechanism consisting of curved arms, l, pivoted within saidparallel standards, strips, o, pivoted to said arms and strips, S,strips S pivoted to levers, O, and strips, o, levers, O, substantiallyas set forth and described.

2. In the above-described device, the combination of a ground-frame,pivot-pins secured in said ground-frame, supports' journaled to saidpivot-pins, sockets in the upper ends of said supports, anoperating-frame,

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said operating-frame hinged in said sockets, lever for raisingv andlowering the operating- 1o parallel standards, G and 72 containing thetable, substantiallyassetforth and described. holding mechanism, theholding mechanism,v In testimony whereof I affix my signature saidmechanism consisting of curved arms, l, in the presence of twoWitnesses.

pivoted within said parallel standards, strips,

o, pivoted to said arms and strips, S, said OLUS GATES. strips S pivotedto levers, O, and strips, o, lVithesses: f levers O, the parallelstandard, G, said stand- GEO. FULLINWEIDER,

ard sliding in the groove, e, and on the rod, t', a JOI-IN JOHNCK.

